Rangpur Medical College Hospital: Treatment hampered by intern doctor-nurse row
Treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) was badly hampered yesterday, as nurses and intern doctors declared work abstention in the morning, following an altercation between two members of the groups on Monday evening.
Leaving patients unattended, both groups demonstrated on hospital premises, demanding punishment for the other. They, however, withdrew their strike in the afternoon after holding a meeting with the hospital authorities.
According to hospital sources, Dr Ananya, an intern of the dental department, was tending to a patient at ward-27 on Monday evening along with nurse Nilufa Yasmin Urmi.
At one point, an ampule Urmi was holding broke and some water spilled on Ananya. As Ananya scolded her, Urmi allegedly became angry and misbehaved, which led to an argument.
Urmi, however, claimed that Ananya slapped her.
Senior doctors sat with them that night to solve the dispute, but to no avail.
Yesterday morning, around 80 nurses besieged the department, demanding justice. On the other hand, intern doctors staged a protest in front of the director’s office.
Both groups demonstrated till 1pm.
Around 2pm, acting director Dr Shahadat Hossain sat with them, but the meeting ended without any result, Dr Faridul Islam, director of the hospital, who is in Dhaka now told The Daily Star over phone. They, however, agreed to return to work.
Contacted, Forkan Ali, president of Nurses Association at the hospital, said another meeting will be held today over the incident.
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